In Rare Disorder, a Familiar Protein Disrupts Gene Function
PHILADELPHIA, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease discovered that a bundle of proteins with the long-established function of keeping chromosomes together also plays an important role in
GROWING HOPE FOR BALDIES
Researchers in Japan have identified a gene that could be responsible for hair loss in humans. In genetic experiments on mice, the scientists created "mutant" rodents that lacked Sox21 -- a "master regulator" gene whose function they said is to ensure
Cohesin protein disrupts gene function in Cornelia deLange syndrome
When gene regulation is disrupted in the multisystem genetic disease Cornelia deLange syndrome (CdLS), children may suffer missing hands or fingers, mental retardation, growth failure, cleft palate, heart defects, and other impairments. For families
Hope for those losing their hair
...two years and researchers observed that the mutant mice had enlarged oil-secreting sebaceous glands around the hair follicle and a thickened layer of skin cells during periods of hair loss. "The gene is likely involved with the differentiation of stem cells...
